Movie monologues, one line at a time
1,967 real monologues from 152 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B211 lines
Those six days of captivity in Kyrgyzstan
what captivity taught himThe Dawn Wall · 2017He walks the six days from fear to a surge of energy, then lands on a hard-won belief. - B211 lines
Gentlemen!
eight fight club rulesFight Club · 1999Repetition turns a secret into a liturgy the room can chant. - B212 lines
And finally, we got Zooey.
Sydney's engagement toastI Love You, Man · 2009It builds from formal praise into a crude hint, and the slow setup makes the disaster land harder. - B210 lines
Oh, god. I don't even know where to start.
Amanda on her marriageBlue Jay · 2016She starts unsure and ends swept up, and the one-week-on rhythm carries the whole speech. - B212 lines
People came to Facemash in a stampede, right?
Mark's pitch in the coldThe Social Network · 2010He splits the traffic, names recognition, kills dating, and lifts the whole campus onto a site they would run. - B212 lines
I suggest we handle this in proper military fashion.
The colonel's military planClue · 1985He turns a house search into a battlefield and makes casualties sound routine. - B212 lines
Years passed as the Minions forged their own civilization.
The narrator puts Kevin onstageMinions · 2015First the tribe is emptied out. Then months of rehearsal collapse into one ready. - B210 lines
To me, it's very simple.
The treatment planBe Here Now · 2015He turns a frightening relapse into three plain steps, and the calm is what steadies the room. - B210 lines
Myra, I have had four bombs in a row!
Sidney's breakdown speechDeathtrap · 1982The rant builds from four flops to a night of witches, then collapses into despair. - B212 lines
I cannot go on lying to save him.
the wife's confessionWitness for the Prosecution · 1957It builds from quiet confession to panic, turning gratitude into the reason she destroys him. - B210 lines
We are gathered here today
Puss holds his own funeralPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022Funeral boilerplate plus a roll call of nicknames: retirement spoken as a legend ending. - B245 lines
I started working when I was 11.
Arielle's farewell monologue5 to 7 · 2014She spans a lifetime to justify one refusal, then overturns a proverb in the final line. - B238 lines
We saw the sea turtles crawl out of the sea...
The turtles' run to the seaSuddenly, Last Summer · 1959Piled-up verbs and zero self-pity make the slaughter feel like a nature documentary. - B222 lines
My mother told us to buckle up because things were going to get bumpy...
A crash told coldSLC Punk · 1998Every soft line is followed by a harder image, and the lie is what he wants heard. - B212 lines
Alex was my son.
Jimmy remembers AlexThe Last Boy Scout · 1991Short sentences build with no drama, so the loss lands harder than any speech. - B212 lines
I am the captain
The Industry songBeaches · 1988It turns a machine into a wife and sings a dying age with the grandeur of a war song. - B217 lines
Congratulations, soldier.
The medal citationWreck-It Ralph · 2012The officer stacks virtues until dignity, then hangs the whole speech on a man who never enlisted. - B212 lines
Listen, when I was courting your grandmother, it took me two years to propose.
Grandpa's courting storyYou Can't Take It with You · 1938He turns his own fainting fits into comedy, then lands a quietly sincere last line. - B219 lines
This sound woke me up.
The night his mother leftThe Town · 2010It rebuilds the night through a child's eyes; the calm details hurt more than tears. - B214 lines
Protestants, you will die!
The preacher's hellfire sermonBelfast · 2021It opens with a flat threat, piles on imagery, and closes with a question the listener cannot answer. - B240 lines
My name is Warren R. Schmidt and I am your new foster father.
Warren's first letter to NduguAbout Schmidt · 2002The form letter drifts into confession, until the writer is really talking to himself. - B231 lines
Don't be upset or mad at all
Mirabel waiting in the darkEncanto · 2021She starts on totally fine, rips it, and turns the rest of the song into a plea at the candle. - B212 lines
You've taken a city that's been graft-ridden for 40 years...
Walter's grand pitchHis Girl Friday · 1940A rapid run of promises turns a newspaper scoop into a revolution and a career. - B213 lines
I pulled his hair out of his fucking head. I bit him. He's out cold.
Henry recounts the beatingGoodFellas · 1990Short stacked sentences make the violence sound breathless and almost routine.